Improvement in g-ates



P. MCCOLLUM.

Gate.

Patented Nov. 10, 1868,

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Letters Patent No. 83,867, datedNooember l0, 1868.

IMPROVEIVIENT IN GATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Vin a vertical plane. The gate is composed of'an upperl and a'lower section, the lower' one of which is hinged to the upper part, so as to be opened upward, so as t let small stock pass under the gate, while the upper portion o f the gate remains closed for thestoppage of larger animals.

The lower hinged portion ofthe gate may be turned aside when the gate is thrown up or open, so as to enlarge the opened gateway.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved gate, I will proceed to describe its oonstruction and operation.

Figure liof the drawings is a front elevation of the improved gate, showing it in `its closed position.

Figure 2 is a similar elevation, showing the gate open.

Figure 3 'is a transverse central sectional elevation ofthe improved gate, looking toward the rear or pivot posts.

The gate is formed of two parts, A and A', the upper part being pivoted to the rear posts B by means of a pivot-pin, b, which passes through the gate and posts.

The rear post B is formed in two pieces, as best shown p in iig. 3. y

The top part of the gate A is formed of any desired number of rails a, and it is counterpoised on the pivotl b by means of the Weight-box W. This weight-box is arranged to hold stones, or other suitable counter-balancing-material, and is arranged along the whole vertical line of the back part of the gate 'A, and is otherwise so arranged as to place the centre of gravity in or near a vertical line drawn through the pin b.

The gate is secured inits closed position by means ofthe latch a', and when this is `withdrawnfrom the 'post G, the whole gate may be tipped up, endwise, on its pivot l), as is shown in g. 2.

vThe lower part A is attached to the upper part A by means ofthe pivot-pin e and the pin a, on the outer end 'of the lower rail of the part A.

When the gate is closed, this bottom part of it may `be raised up, so as to let hogs or other small stock pass under it, or it may .be dropped down, as in fig. l, so as to close the opening altogether.

When the gate is raised up, or opened, this bottom part may be swung to one side, as in iig. 2, so as to widen the opening.-

Sn'iall fender-posts D, set in the ground by the side of the gate, will prevent iuj ury to A when opened.

Having 'described my invention,

The gate A A', when arranged in two parts, hinged together, so as to allow the bottom part to'be folded up or thrown open, as described. v

In testimony of which invention, l hereunto set my handand seal, in presence ol- PETER MCCOLLUM. `[L. s]

Vitnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, ROBERT BURNS. 

